Boston College Fires Coach Steve Donahue

BC fired (Coach Steve) Donahue Tuesday with two years remaining on his six-year contract after he went 54-76 over a protracted four-year struggle in the ACC. Last Thursday, Sports Illustrated reported Donahue was returning for a fifth season.

Donahue’s final season at BC, one which he described as “the craziest year in my 30 years of coaching,’’ was highlighted by a 62-59 overtime victory at Syracuse Feb. 19 that knocked the top-ranked Orangemen from the ranks of the undefeated.

But that wasn’t enough to sway BC athletic director Brad Bates from parting ways with Donahue six days after the conclusion of the season. It set into motion a search for Donahue’s successor BC sources indicated could begin and end with Harvard coach Tommy Amaker, who appears to be at the top of a very short list of candidates.

via Michael Vega of The Boston Globe